The small crowns have not played a match internationally in a year and in the first match back they delivered immediately.
After five minutes of play, Isak Rosén opened up the goal scorer in powerplay, and early in the second period, the Swedes were able to expand.
Despite the good start of Sweden, Belarus was able to reduce to 2-1.
But the Small Crowns would pull in from once again at the end of the period.
- We controlled the match over 60 minutes.
It was upside down but we were still stable, said Albert Sjöberg who played until the 3-1 goal.
The cage keeper managed the trust
Carl Lindbom was given the confidence to start five goals for Sweden and managed it well when he saved 29 of 30 shots in the World Cup premiere.
- I think we came out hard and played well and shut down the inside.
This was a very good first match for us, Lindbom said.
Småkronorna's national team captain Anders Eriksén was pleased with the team performance.
And says that they had a good grip on the opening match.
- It has been a tough season before we came here and we have not played internationally for over a year, so we are very happy with the result against a tough team, said Eriksén.
- We see it as a plus that we are in the tournament before the match against Canada, it will be a completely different type of match.
Already tonight, the toughest possible opposition awaits for Småkronorna, match against Canada starting at 03.00.